Off-Road Trails in Washington

This trail connects the forest road 1100 to the trail known as Axel Breaker, giving an alternate way into Axel Breaker. The trail is mostly generally easy to navigate with a couple of more difficult spots due to ruts and a steep climb. The trail is heavily forested and crosses over Copper Creek with...
Learn more about 1100 to Axel Breaker Connector

This is a six-mile round-trip spur off of Forest Road 1100. This trail has a seasonal gate that will be open or closed due to weather and logging activities in the area and is popular with hikers due to the exposed nature and wildflowers in the area. There are also dirt bike trails in the area, so d...
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Trail 230 is one of several short motorcycle trails in the Whistle Lake Area. It's a wide dirt path with a few embedded rock surfaces, embedded boulders, and big roots, but it is overall a very easy trail. It goes between tall skinny red alder trees, sword ferns, and thick cedar trees in a really sc...
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This trail is a branch off of 4250 that connects to 6500 which eventually connects back to 4250, all of which are managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The trail itself is primarily a grated gravel road and has many offshoots to explore. The trail travels through dense for...
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This is a deep forest route. The trail changes its surface several times and goes from a somewhat wide trail at times, to being very narrow and overgrown. The trail has very deep ruts and very deep washouts, a few of which will put you at extreme camber angles. Some of the ruts are very large with d...
Learn more about 4104504 - Deep Woods Adventure

This trail is the primary east-west route in this section of public land controlled by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and leads you to within 2 miles of the base of Mount Saint Helens, with stunning views of the debris flow area and Castle Lake. Near the east end of the route, ...
Learn more about 4250

This is a tight and twisty 4WD trail connecting Summit Trail to Bald Mountain. Once the trail approaches Bald Mountain, it opens up to a fast rock road. It is primarily designed for short-wheel-based vehicles and UTVs. The segment north of Moon Rocks is on a North-facing slope and in tight trees and...
Learn more about 4W CJRs Hideout - NF1701-530

This trail begins with a challenging slope section characterized by deep ruts and off-camber washouts. Steep hill climbs with fractured basalt and loose dirt give way to a winding, shaded trail featuring high alpine terrain and exposed tree roots. The trail finishes with yet another steep hill climb...
Learn more about 4W310 Frost Mountain

This is the 4-mile center section of the Summit Trail from where it crosses Manastash Ridge Road up to the rock-crawling areas of Funny Rocks and Moon Rocks. It is a tight and twisty trail full of slippery roots and mud holes and is designed for short-wheel-based vehicles and UTVs. There is little r...
Learn more about 4WD Summit Trail - 4W694

This short 0.6 mile point-to-point trail is part of the Tahuya State Forest ORV trail system. This trail takes you to an open 4X4 play area with a good sized rock garden and other obstacles (rating 4-7 in difficulty) to traverse. The trail going to the 4X4 play area is a narrow single vehicle trail ...
Learn more about 4x4 Play Area Entrance Road

This trail runs north and south off of 4250, in the public land operated by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and meanders through clear-cut areas and dense forest. It is primarily a grated road, but has some steeper inclines and declines, up to 12 degrees. You can use this trail...
Learn more about 5600 to 5605

This 2.7-mile point-to-point trail leads up to the Elbe Hills ORV park area. The Elbe Hills ORV park area has a campground and dispersed camping areas and requires the Washington State Discovery Pass. This is a maintained Forest Service road that is passable by 2WD, AWD, and 4WD vehicles. There is a...
Learn more about 8 Road

This 1.1-mile point-to-point trail is part of the Tahyua State Forest off-road vehicle trail system. This trail takes you through the middle of the north off-road area and gives access to several other trails, including the Twin Rock Hill Climb obstacle. This narrow trail winds between trees and stu...
Learn more about 84 N Trail

This 4.5-mile point-to-point trail gives access to most of the 4WD trails (Mainline, Sunrise, Alder Loop, and Swamp trail) within the Elbe Hills ORV Area. It also gives access to the campground and dispersed camping area. At the end of the trail, there is a little obstacle area. This trail is a main...
Learn more about 9 Road

Off the main trail, you will hit A Line which ends at G Line and exits the large network of trails. About half way through the trail A line turns into G Line. This trail offers a more beautiful pathway going through thick forested growth and lichen-covered trees. The trail remains a well-groomed gra...
Learn more about A Line

The trail is a hard-packed gravel and dirt road, wide enough for 1.5 vehicles with spots to pull over. We didn't see any other vehicles on this trail. The elevation at the top is 5,000 feet, and the views of the Blue Mountains, rolling hills, bunch grass, pine, and fir trees are wonderful. Sunsets a...
Learn more about Ables Ridge

This short off-road trail is part of the Elbe Hills Trail System. This trail has several different paths to follow. This one takes you up the hill to a large mud hole which can be very difficult to pass in wet seasons. Next is a good-sized rock garden which has a bypass. The trail then continues on ...
Learn more about Alder Loop Trail

This 5.6-mile loop trail takes you around the Alder Creek area and connects to multiple other trails. There is a single-track motorcycle trail that crosses this trail at multiple points, so be cautious and watch for motorcycles. There are several dispersed camping spots along this trail. The trail i...
Learn more about Alder Ridge Loop

This trail route is full of loose gravel, rocks, and dirt. The trail features a pretty steady incline with a few rutted areas and a couple of areas of well-sized loose rocks. At the time I ran this trail (summer) there were multiple trees down, which caused me to have to turn around at the end of th...
Learn more about Amabilis Mountain (from the SE side)

You'll find this trail right off I-90 via the Cabin Creek Road exit. The entire trail is a single lane gravel and dirt road, with places to pull over every now and then. Should be no problem for most SUVs. At first there isn't much to see as you'll be going through tall trees in a switch back, but a...
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